diff --git a/src/tools/pgcvslog b/src/tools/pgcvslog
index eba6ff4409..b602880ceb 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgcvslog
+++ b/src/tools/pgcvslog
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # head:
 # cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -b .
 # branch:
-# cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -r REL8_0_STABLE` .
+# cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -rREL8_0_STABLE .
 #
 # date range
 # cvs log -d'2005-05-08<2005-05-29' -b .